Randi just mentioned the "Gore commision". What was that?

[Gold Metal Flake]

Regarding alirline safety?

Who has a link. I needs a little edjumication.


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[JHB]

1. Google is your friend

Final report
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/212fin~1.html

http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=4532

The Gore Commission Demanded Tougher Airline Security, But Airlines And Conservatives Said No
Janet Hessert

"The federal government should consider aviation security as a national security issue, and provide substantial funding for capital improvements. The Commission believes that terrorist attacks on civil aviation are directed at the United States, and that there should be an ongoing federal commitment to reducing the threats that they pose."
Gore Commission final report, February 12, 1997

On July 25, 1996, shortly after the crash of TWA flight 800, President Clinton asked Vice President Gore to chair a commission on improving air transportation safety. As a result, the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, commonly known as the Gore Commission, conducted an in-depth analysis of the U.S. commercial airlines' safeguards against terrorist attacks. In its final report, the Gore Commission found that security measures used by U.S. airlines were extremely inadequate, and made over fifty recommendations to improve security.
Among the changes suggested by the Gore Commission were:
3.1. The federal government should consider aviation security as a national security issue, and provide substantial funding for capital improvements.
3.2. The FAA should establish federally mandated standards for security enhancements. These enhancements should include standards for use of Explosive Detection System (EDS) machines, training programs for security personnel, use of automated bag match technology, development of profiling programs (manual and automated), and deployment of explosive detection canine teams.
3.7. The FAA should work with airlines and airport consortia to ensure that all passengers are positively identified and subjected to security procedures before they board aircraft.
(more at link)

[Gold Metal Flake]

3. Thank you!

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[ET Awful]

2. That was the commission whose recommendations, had they been

followed, would have prevented 9/11 because there would have been no cockpit access (if I'm not mistaken the recommendations called for the reinforced doors now required), better monitoring of passengers, etc. Most of those suggestions were ignored by the airline industry and their lobbying prevented congress from making the recommendations into actual law.

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. Thanks!

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